Prevalence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii in ticks from Tennessee

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 435-440

  Cohen, Sara B ^a   Yabsley, Michael J ^b   Freye, James D ^c   Dunlap, Brett G ^c   Rowland, Meghan E ^a   Huang, Junjun ^a   Dunn, John R ^a   Jones, Timothy F ^a   Moncayo, Abelardo C ^a  

^a TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia; Epidemiology; Tick(s); Vector borne

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; FEMALE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; IXODES COOKEI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODES TEXANUS; IXODIDA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; EHRLICHIA; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MALE; NYMPH; TENNESSEE;

EID: 77954209130     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0058     Document Type: Article

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